I don't think the area of Jerusalem should be part of a Jewish state; it belongs to all people, to Christians and Muslims and the Jewish people. Patti Smith areabelongchristian Change image and share on social
I sang 'O Holy Night' with the Vatican orchestra, but also a Blake - a lullaby that William Blake wrote for the Christ child, and I set it to music, and the Vatican orchestra played the music. Patti Smith blakechildchrist Change image and share on social
More than anything, that's been the thread through my life - the desire to write, the impulse to write. I mean, it's taken me other places, but it was the impulse to write that led me to singing. Patti Smith desireimpulselead Change image and share on social
For Christmas every year, my mother used to give me those cheap little diaries that would tell your horoscope and provide a little blank slot for each day. Patti Smith blankcheapchristmas Change image and share on social
If I feel any marginalisation, it's because the things that concern me aren't so important to other people. Patti Smith concernfeelimportant Change image and share on social
The thing is, it's not uncool to worry about people who seem like they're going on the wrong path. There's nothing cool about being self-destructive. Patti Smith cooldestructivepath Change image and share on social
In 1974, when I started working with the material that became 'Horses,' a lot of our great voices had died. We'd lost Jimi Hendrix and Jim Morrison and Janis Joplin, and people like Robert Kennedy, Martin Luther King and Malcolm X. Patti Smith diegreathendrix share on social
When I was young, I knew William Burroughs really well. And William's secret desire, which he never quite did, was to write a straightforward detective novel. Patti Smith burroughsdesiredetective Change image and share on social
I work to Glenn Gould in the morning and go to sleep listening to Parsifal. Patti Smith glenngouldlisten Change image and share on social
In art and dream may you proceed with abandon. In life may you proceed with balance and stealth. Patti Smith abandonartbalance Change image and share on social
